INNOVATE

At BSI Learning "Innovation" means customising our training solutions to suit our audience. This happens as a matter of course on every job we undertake.

Case Study: Queensland Corrective Services

A training program designed to help Queensland Corrective Services reduce the rate of repeat offending as part of their Pathway to Employment program.

Outcomes

A review of program performance between July, 2007 and December, 2009 (30 months) was conducted in 2010.

During that period, 7,460 persons were assisted by the program with 1,918 (25.7%) placed into employment and 1,337 (17.9%) retaining employment for at least 13 weeks.

Of the total program participants, 2,063 (27.7%) were Indigenous. Of the total achieving 13 weeks of continuous employment, 232 (17.4%) were Indigenous. This performance is comparable with mainstream Job Services Australia performance, and the effectiveness of the program in supporting Indigenous participants, although lower than for non-Indigenous, is very good indeed.